Proverbs 28:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

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  • Ezek 13:19 : 19 Will you profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people who hear your lies?
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.
  • Exod 23:8 : 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
  • Hos 4:18 : 18 Their drink is sour; they have committed harlotry continually; her rulers dearly love dishonor.
  • Mic 3:5 : 5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who make my people err, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:23
    82%

    23These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

  • Prov 18:5
    79%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Jas 2:9
    78%

    9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

  • Prov 28:22
    78%

    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Job 34:19
    77%

    19How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.

  • Rom 2:11
    77%

    11For there is no partiality with God.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 23:6
    75%

    6Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

  • Deut 16:19
    75%

    19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Col 3:25
    75%

    25But he who does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done, and there is no partiality.

  • Job 13:10
    74%

    10He will surely reprove you, if you secretly show partiality.

  • Lev 19:15
    74%

    15You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

  • Jas 2:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1My brothers, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.

    2For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your assembly, and there also comes in a poor man in filthy clothes,

    3and you pay attention to the one wearing fine clothes and say to him, Sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, Stand there, or sit here under my footstool,

    4are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.

    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

  • Prov 22:9
    72%

    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Job 32:21
    72%

    21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, nor let me give flattering titles to man.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • 2 Chr 19:7
    71%

    7Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

  • Prov 17:23
    71%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Deut 1:17
    71%

    17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

    8Better is a little with righteousness than vast revenues without justice.

  • Prov 20:23
    70%

    23Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.

  • Prov 22:1
    70%

    1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

  • Prov 23:3
    70%

    3Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • Prov 28:8
    70%

    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Prov 14:31
    70%

    31He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy on the poor.

  • Prov 20:21
    70%

    21An inheritance may be gained hastily at the beginning, but its end shall not be blessed.

  • Prov 6:30
    70%

    30Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;

  • Eccl 7:21
    70%

    21Also, do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant curse you.

  • Prov 28:3
    70%

    3A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

  • Prov 13:15
    69%

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 23:1
    69%

    1When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

  • Ps 15:4
    69%

    4In whose eyes a vile person is despised; but he honors those who fear the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt, and does not change.

  • Prov 19:1
    69%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 12:9
    69%

    9He who is despised and has a servant is better than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

  • Exod 23:8
    69%

    8And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7And has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

    8He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • Prov 24:18
    69%

    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Ezek 18:16
    69%

    16Nor has oppressed anyone, has not withheld the pledge, nor spoiled by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,